Collection Completed (28 Jun. 1989)

Jonas has been forced into mandatory retirement. He can't relax, though, because Anita's friends are driving him crazy.

Director:

Mary Lambert

Writers:

A. Whitney Brown (screenplay), Battle Davis (screenplay),

Stars:

John Kassir, M. Emmet Walsh, Audra Lindley

Cast

Episode cast overview:
John Kassir	...	Crypt Keeper (voice)
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Jonas
Audra Lindley	...	Anita
Martin Garner	...	Roy

Storyline

After forty-seven years of work as general sales manager, Jonas is forced into a mandatory retirement. Along these years, his lonely wife Anita has collected many pets and Jonas is unable to relax with the animals at home. When he decides to have taxidermy as a hobby, Anita helps him to complete the collection.

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Plot Keywords:

title directed by female | tales from the crypt

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 June 1989 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Home Box Office (HBO), Tales From The Crypt Holdings

Technical Specs

Runtime:

27 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Jonas: Are you running some kind of luxury resort for every flea-bitten parasite that trips across my doorstep? What's that dog eating? A steak?

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Connections

Features Lassie (1954)

User Reviews

Animal stuffing. Only in the end to be stuffed with animal parts!

This episode "Collection Completed" was the last episode of season one of tales and it ended on a pretty good note as this episode was well blended with dark humor and revenge. Legendary TV series character actor M. Emmet Walsh stars as an old man named Jonas who's just recently retired after 47 years hard work, he has left the company feeling disrespected and unworthy. Yet when Jonas begins his new life at home all the time with wife Anita(Audra Lindley)he's treated like a second class citizen as Anita's love for pets and animals is an obsession and fetish that she will not give up! I guess since this couple has been childless their entire marriage, to Anita the affection and love for animals has replaced that void. As for Jonas's sake he tries to get help the best he can from next door neighbor Roy(Martin Garner)thru working puzzles and building model planes, yet Jonas continues to trip over animals literally every which way he turns that's even when he does yard work! Soon Jonas takes up a little hobby of his own to rid himself the hate of their existence and it will destroy Anita's babies! Only in the end turn about is fair and Jonas finds he will be stuffed with a big surprise in the form of animal parts! Overall good episode that's well done and comical and the performance from Emmet Walsh is clever and rightly done.